Setonaikai oudan cycle route located on Shimanami kaido is the one and only cycling route that crosses straights in Setonaikai.The road which is about 70 km in length and crosses the straights in Setonaikai from its start point in a city, called Onomichi on the Honshu side.

Onomichi has a lot of appealing points and, in particular, "Onomichi Ramen" is one of them.

While in Japan, there have been booms in ramen popularity time after time, Onomichi Ramen was popular long before such ramen trends.

If you are visiting Shimanami kaido, you should definitely go and try Onomichi Ramen.

If you've never heard of Onomichi Ramen, here's an introduction.

Although I grew up in Onomichi city, I have been working in Tokyo for a long time.However, I have never eaten such tasty Onomichi Ramen outside Onomichi itself.

I sometimes miss Onomichi Ramen with its fish-stocksoup stock and roast pork backfat! It is really tasty!

These features differentiate Onomichi Ramen among other competitors' Ramen noodles.

One of the most famous Ramen restaurants in Onomichi is Shukaen. Onomichi people often fondly refer to the restaurant as "Shusan." Forty years before the so-called 'ramen booms' people were lining up in front of it. Even now you regularly see a line of 50 people. If you really want to eat ramen noodles at Shukaen, I suggest you get there as early as possible!

The price of the masterpiece, called Chukasoba, is 600 yen.

By the way, Onomichi ramen is available by mail order nowadays and is popular with many people, though it is not made by Shukaen.Mail order ramen is produced by a company, called Amochinmi.